the great gatsby

Chapter 407 James explodes!
In the second quarter, Gatsby rested below. The team was led by Anthony and Stoudemire, while the Heat were led by James. Facts have proved that the Knicks are the Knicks when Gatsby is on the court. When Gatsby is off the court, The Knicks encountered difficulties and ensued.

Whether Gatsby is on the court or not, he can always attract the opponent's defensive attention. Once Gatsby is off the court, the Heat can save this part of their attention and focus on Anthony and Stoudemire. Nader is certainly a good player, but their influence on the game is still not so sufficient.

James began to use the pick-and-roll to break through. By constantly breaking through and scoring the ball, the outside shooters got opportunities and kept hitting three-pointers, while the Knicks were restricted from passing and cutting, and could only let Anthony and Stoudemire play singles.

"Although Anthony has won a championship, there is still a gap between him and James. James' ability to lead a team is better than Anthony's. He also leads the team. Anthony can only choose to play in singles, while James is maintaining While being an offensive threat, he can also continuously pass good balls to his teammates.

But this also highlights the importance of Gatsby. When Gatsby is on the court, the Knicks' ball moves extremely fast and can always find open teammates. When Gatsby is not on the court, the ball will be concentrated. In the hands of Stoudemire and Anthony, it is not Stoudemire and Anthony alone, but Gatsby has such magic power. "Jeff Van Gundy laughed.

Mike Breen said with a smile: "That's because the teammates will run as much as they want. They believe that as long as they run out of open space, Gatsby will pass the ball to them. Needless to say, Stoudemire has always existed as a terminator. , Anthony has actually changed a lot. When Gatsby is on the court, he will pass the ball, but after Gatsby is off the court, he will feel that he should take responsibility for the offense. avoided."

Playing basketball should not be too cancerous, but there is no need to pursue the team too much. How to balance the relationship among them depends on judging the situation. When you need a team and when you need to stand up for singles, it is not a generalization. It depends on which method is more efficient.

If Anthony is more efficient in singles, it is not impossible to play, but Anthony's singles, the Heat have a targeted strategy, cut off the passing line after the pinch, made Anthony a few mistakes, and then James organized a few counterattacks and played a wave At 12:4, the Heat led by 7 points.

D'Antoni could only call a timeout, emphasizing tactics, but how to play when he returned to the field, Jeremy Lin had no way to command Anthony, his prestige was not as good as Gatsby, when Anthony was on the court, he could only play as a support, so the loss Partition became inevitable.

Gatsby was thinking about this problem off the court. This is a solvable problem. The key lies in Anthony, but Anthony will definitely not make concessions. When Gatsby is on the court, he has no way to play according to his own ideas. If Gatsby After getting off the field, he still can't play according to his ideas. With his personality, there is definitely no way to accept it.

But the key point is that playing with Anthony as the core, it is not difficult for a team like the Heat to target. After all, Anthony is not like unsolvable players like Gatsby and Nowitzki. It is also difficult to target.

Gatsby shook his head, just hoping not to lose too much.

Half of the time came, D'Antoni quickly replaced Gatsby, James had already played for a quarter and a half, the Heat replaced James, and let Wade and Bosh play to lead the team.

The effect of Gatsby playing is completely different. He first made changes in defense. Wade is now the core of the team. Gatsby directed Thompson to entangle Wade. Box hand, Wade felt he got into an overlapping net cover.

It took only 3 minutes for the Knicks to come back from a [-]-point deficit.

Now the Heat can only call a timeout and let James come back. For James, being able to get a 3-minute rest is actually enough luxury.

It will be difficult to limit the Heat's offense when James comes back. At this time, both sides' offenses have been played out. It is already difficult to limit the opponent with defense. It depends on who has a higher offensive efficiency.

What's amazing is that James has not been very good at three-pointers since the playoffs, but he broke out today!
This is a major change that changes the situation. Although strength is the most important thing in the game, luck, this wonderful thing, will always have a jaw-dropping impact at the right time.

James' three-pointer broke out, forcing the Knicks to expand their defensive range, so the shrinking strategy against the Heat has been ineffective. To change a defensive strategy, it takes time to plan. After being forced to change rashly, the loopholes will naturally follow. Here comes.

D'Antoni frowned and watched the development of the situation. James' three-pointer burst was not a big deal, but the defense that was forced to change was the top priority. This was not planned. James did have a three-pointer, but the shot Too little is indeed easy to be overlooked. Almost all teams will let him shoot when dealing with James, and they can't shoot dead anyway.

But in this critical game, a few points difference will make people very uncomfortable, especially when James made three consecutive three-pointers.

In this round of the series, Gatsby rarely had a chance to shoot a three-pointer. No matter who the opponent was, they didn't dare to let Gatsby shoot a three-pointer at will. Just like all opponents will not let James break through, but choose to let him make long shots.

But now this strategy obviously has to be changed. It is impossible to stay the same. For a super giant like James, once he has confidence in shooting, he will continue to shoot. How to change, D'Antoni has no idea.

When James hit another three-pointer, the Heat widened the point difference to 9 points, and Gatsby called a timeout on the court.

"Coach, let's switch to defend. I'll go and defend James." Gates said something that made his teammates look at him.

Coach D'Antoni didn't turn his mind all of a sudden: "Okay, let Leonard defend...well, you said you defend?"

Gatsby nodded. Leonard looked a little embarrassed. Originally, he defended James very well, but that was based on the fact that James could only make breakthroughs. Now that James can shoot from long distances, he has no good way. .Defense is the reason why he can gain a foothold in the Knicks, and now he needs the boss to help him out, which makes him feel embarrassed.

Gatsby patted him on the shoulder and said, "It's okay. I'm just going to try it. If it doesn't work, you still have to defend it."

Coach D'Antoni frowned and thought for a while, looked into Gatsby's eyes and said, "Are you sure?"

Gatsby shook his head with a smile: "Try it as much as you can, maybe it will work."

Gatsby’s basis is that when the Mavericks and the Heat met in the finals, Kidd used his footsteps and experience to briefly defend against James. Gatsby felt that his weight, height and footwork were stronger than Kidd’s, and his defense He is no worse than him in terms of performance. There should be no problem with short-term defense. In fact, there is no need for full-court defense. As long as James is restricted during this period of time, it is enough. If you don't let him shoot, the feel will change afterwards.

D'Antoni nodded: "Then you try."

Gatsby nodded and said to the others: "You try to cut his passing route. James leaves it to me, Andrew, to protect the basket as much as possible inside, especially Wade's backdoor, which is the biggest threat. "

"Good!" shouted the others, leaders willing to step up to solve the biggest problems even they rarely could see.

The game restarts.

The Knicks had the ball, and Gatsby dribbled the ball quickly across the half court. He waved to let people open the space. Battier bent over and stuck to Gatsby. This was Gatsby's first singles so far today.

Gatsby quickly dribbled the ball under his crotch, the ball was pulled up by his right hand and suddenly started to break through, Battier retreated quickly, Gatsby changed direction to the left, Battier quickly followed, Gatsby changed direction again !

Battier's height is 203cm, which is 6cm taller than Gatsby. This height difference is not too big, but Gatsby is a point guard after all, and his speed is now on par with Rose and Westbrook. Yes, he suddenly changed direction, and it was difficult for Battier to keep up. Gatsby's several changes of direction made Battier's steps messy. Gatsby suddenly retreated to the three-point line and shot a three-pointer!
Three point hit!

Madison Square Garden is boiling!

This is Gatsby's first aggressive attack of the day!
The Heat had the ball, and Chalmers dribbled the ball to James after halftime. James was surprised to find that Gatsby was defending himself instead of Leonard!

James pursed his lips and looked very serious. This kind of defense switch was an insult to him, but he didn't feel insulted, because he knew that Gatsby's defense was not easy, but Gatsby defended so blatantly. , if he didn't fight, wouldn't it make people feel afraid of Gatsby?
Gatsby is very defensive. It is not easy for James to break through him. His steps are faster than James, and James does not dare to expose the ball too obviously. Gatsby is famous in the league for his quick hands.

James felt for a moment that the ball had to be played, and it had to be scored!
He turned his back to Gatsby and used his back to push against Gatsby. This was a move he always used to beat the small ones. It didn't look good, but it was easy to use. Very few little men could resist his move. After that, almost no opponent can keep up after turning around.

In James' view, Gatsby is still an outside player no matter how good he is, and his natural flaws are irreparable. James admits that Gatsby is definitely the league's number one in offense, but defense is passive. Gatsby There is no way to ignore these natural flaws!
(End of this chapter)